Someone at U.S. Strategic Command was trying to get into the New Year’s Eve spirit, but the tweet’s since been taken down, but not before someone caught a screenshot:
Happy new year from the DOD operation that is in charge of using nuclear weapons, should the occasion arise. Watch to The End, indeed. (STRATCOM deleted the tweet moments ago it seems; screenshot via @AthertonKD.) pic.twitter.com/6of88jvRus
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) December 31, 2018
Hey, U.S. Stratcom, happy new year and thanks for your hard work! And if you were appalled by this tweet but said nothing when Rep. Eric Swalwell reminded those who would resist gun confiscation that the government has “legit” nukes it could use on American citizens, you’re welcome to shut the hell up.
A+ tweet by @US_Stratcom https://t.co/dZpBaYXu30
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) December 31, 2018
I can't stop laughing. @US_Stratcom, a command responsible for blowing stuff, tweeted something about blowing stuff up and people got the vapors
They got weak kneed and deleted the tweet, which is too bad. It was worth it for the replies alone.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) December 31, 2018
Hear hear! Put it back up!
— Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) December 31, 2018
"Sir, that tweet we did. People are complaining about it on twitter."
"People are complaining on Twitter. Stop the presses, Airman. A truly momentous occasion. Now, stiffen up and Tweet it again."
Real interaction, in my dreams.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) December 31, 2018
I didn’t think there was anything that terrible about that @US_Stratcom tweet. I took it in the way I think they intended it: that they’re on duty and ready to execute their mission. A bit of Strangelovian humor, maybe. https://t.co/Dq6t9auYl1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 31, 2018
Peace through strength.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) December 31, 2018
Not really, but ok.
— Rafael Zamora (@RafaelZamora_) December 31, 2018
For someone that lives under the very blanket of freedom this country provides to yours, a simple thank you would suffice.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) December 31, 2018
Something is very very wrong at @US_Stratcom ?
— mahja kidd (@mahjakidd) December 31, 2018
Yes, they wussed out and deleted their tweet.
The U.S. Strategic Command has apologized for the New Year’s tweet, saying it was “in poor taste” and “does not reflect our values.”
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) December 31, 2018
Kelsey Atherton, who caught the screenshot and who has us blocked for some reason, posted some cool photos too.
some screenshots from the video stratcom tweeted then deleted pic.twitter.com/M0XyPOnSJZ
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) December 31, 2018
And Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs (is that still around?) managed to capture the video:
This is the video posted today by US Strategic Command. pic.twitter.com/cjJ2KoPQgs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 31, 2018
Nice … we’d rather watch that than whatever atrocity of a New Year’s Eve special they’ve got going on over at CNN.
Thankful that they deleted it after large public outcry. Good to see someone there has sense enough to realise the enormity of the media blunder
— SuzieSnoozie (@Suzieismymum) December 31, 2018
Eh, we kind of like it when the military reminds us they’re there and they’re proud. They don’t do it often.
Awful. Bragging about lethal force.
— Pinky-Girl (@PinkyGirl755) December 31, 2018
Good save. This is so pathetic
— Chief aka Trixie?⚓️?#CombatVetsResist #GlovesOff (@tharpel) December 31, 2018
Please tell me it was hacked because oddly that would make me feel better than this whiteman dropping big things bullshit!!!
— Resisting With All I Got (@i_miss_my_USA) December 31, 2018
The whole purpose of the B-2 is to be a stealth BOMBER! Bombers drop bombs. War is awful, that's why "Peace is their Profession" It's called deterrence.
— amtuttle (@sammtut) December 31, 2018
And you’ll enjoy the benefits of it tonight, and tomorrow, and the day after that, but you won’t be disturbed by any videos to remind you it’s there.
Apropos the silly pearl clutching over @US_Stratcom "hey, we bomb things guys" tweet, a cheerful reminder that our nuclear forces have a terrific sense of humor. As they should!
Exhibit A, my class patch out of ICBM training (for those that remember the old iPod ads) pic.twitter.com/xjNSgG0Q2D
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) December 31, 2018
My Navy nuclear power school baseball team was named the Shrooms and we had a mushroom cloud as our logo.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 31, 2018
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Update:
Get a load of this guy who thinks he speaks for all of us:
Thank you. We're all glad you deleted it. Please try to remember that you serve the United States of America and not the Trump family.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 31, 2018
Speak for yourself clown shoes….
— Pat Mulloy (@NeverGetGot) December 31, 2018
Please try to remember what a joyless scold you are. https://t.co/NrDsU9Qax6
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 31, 2018
you are humorless….
— Russian Bot 12875⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@msbviper) December 31, 2018
They also protect free speech which apparently you think you're in charge of.
— Firejack007?? (@firejack007) December 31, 2018
Don't make assumptions, former ethics officer. Your unethical bias is showing.
— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) December 31, 2018
They actually do serve @realDonaldTrump as our president. He is their commander in chief. They were having a bit of fun on New Years and it might have been a little off color but YOU can't go 5 minutes without attacking our president. You've got TDS bad. He lives all in your head
— Noni (@TLC63067) December 31, 2018
They're A-okay with me and the majority of us.
Happy New Year, protectors! ?? https://t.co/gyU5jkQJv9— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) December 31, 2018
Related:
Hey, Rep. Swalwell: Check out the arsenal the Internal Revenue Service is sitting on (no nukes, though) https://t.co/Vf3qibvF5L
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 30, 2018
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